The spit, the sound and the nest - Kathrine Sowerby

This collection of three novellas is set in distinct, unnamed locations over a winter, a day and a week. Each story revolves around a small group of central characters forced to depend on one another when faced with unexpected circumstances. "The Spit" opens with runaway teens Felix and Luc lost on a dark, snowy night in a small town. A couple offers them work and a place to stay. By winter's end the four face life-changing decisions. In "The Sound", a woman who has chosen to live in isolation questions her decision when a girl shows up at her door dripping wet and carrying a newborn baby. In "The Nest", sisters Alice and Edna struggle to make sense of adult lives and cruelties after the housekeeper tells them their parents have died in an accident.